I read this very differently; this is exactly what the Dems' deal was in September, before they swept pretty much every election. The fact that they're once again putting it on the table is a sign of strength, not weakness.

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

the women in the workplace discourse is very funny because a man who can act normal in an office environment that's predominantly female is absolutely on easy street. it's maybe the best gig anyone in history has had. and yet for many guys it is utterly impossible

Area party upset to discover that years of sadistic, violent rhetoric and actions critically eroded political norms they forgot that they also relied on, news at 11

You can’t gleefully cheer on the demonization and firing of civil servants in the place they all live then be upset that your neighbors don’t care if you live or die. Vogt said he wanted government employees scared to go to work, this is the political environment they built.

Who gives a shit about your stupid fucking opinion. Shut the fuck up

Why does she talk like she's rebooting after each phrase

This is a very small issue in the grand scheme of things but the Republican tic of using the adjective “Democrat” instead of “Democratic” is gross and we should start calling them "Repooplicans"

Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire

Honestly a presidential candidate running with the idea "You will never have to think about me" might win in a landslide

You put the quarters on your dining table to reserve your spot

Americans want to watch charismatic people solve moderately difficult problems on a weekly basis. That’s it. And a group of fomo execs and techbros who don’t watch TV drove one of the most profitable industries in the US off a cliff rather than accept that.

The dooming on this site is getting out of control. Every time you post anything about politics some rando condescendingly wonders how you can't possibly know that elections are over and all hope is lost. If you've completely lost hope, I'm sorry, but shut the fuck up, OK? You're not helping.

$2.95???

This is a small thing but also hits one of my pet peeves, which is that THERE ARE NO ALLEYS IN MANHATTAN

at this point it's nearly impossible to figure out who is actually stupid vs who is pretending to be stupid vs who used to be pretending to be stupid but did it for so long they became actually stupid

The real problem is algorithms. Criterion Channel replicates the experience of browsing a fantastic video store because it's all organized by human beings.

i do not want to "work from anywhere". i want to work in my dedicated work environment with all my dedicated work assisting tools. i do not want to send an email from the coffee shop or the park. i want to do coffee shop or park related tasks when i'm in the coffee shop or park

There are more of us than them and they need to start understanding that.

I would like anyone to ask any of the Supreme Court justices while they're on their little speaking tours why the Voting Rights Act was constitutional for 61 years until suddenly it wasn't.

I remember driving around Queens with my parents before GPS and it's amazing we're all still alive

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

They could also just… let the lower court ruling stand. They don’t because they like what Trump is doing! How stupid does she think we are?

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

I have something that flags what it thinks is twitter screenshots but I wish we could use that to not show those posts at all. I don’t need to know that someone is upset with something some rando said on a site I don’t even use

Everything he just said is polling at about 65% approval at least

I think this is correct but only underlines the larger point, that these people are weird

Schuylkill

I don't use it on phone. Phone is problem. Use computer.

Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.